Deep learning based method and apparatus for three dimensional model triangular facet feature learning and classifying

ABSTRACT

The invention discloses a deep learning based method for three dimensional (3D) model triangular facet feature learning and classifying and an apparatus. The method includes: constructing a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) feature learning model; training the deep CNN feature learning model; extracting a feature from, and constructing a feature vector for, a 3D model triangular facet having no class label, and reconstructing a feature in the constructed feature vector using a bag-of-words algorithm; determining an output feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class label according to the trained deep CNN feature learning model and an initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class label; and performing classification. The method enhances the capability to describe 3D model triangular facets, thereby ensuring the accuracy of 3D model triangular facet feature learning and classifying results.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201610889177.0, filed on Oct. 11, 2016 and entitled “DEEP LEARNING BASEDMETHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL TRIANGULAR FACETFEATURE LEARNING AND CLASSIFYING”, which is hereby incorporated byreference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to computer technologies, and particularlyto a deep learning based method for three dimensional model triangularfacet feature learning and classifying and an apparatus.

BACKGROUND

As science and technology of our society continue to progress, threedimensional (3D) technologies have become an important component ofmodern science and technology. The 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying technology, which is one of the fundamentaltechniques in 3D model interpretation and processing, plays a huge rolein 3D modeling, 3D animation, 3D mapping and many other 3D technologyfields.

In prior arts, various 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying techniques have been proposed. For example, Zhenyu Shu etal. of Zhejiang University proposed an unsupervised and deep learningbased method for classifying and co-segmenting 3D model triangularfacets in 2016. The method involves extracting 3D model features on thebasis of pre-segmentation, reconstructing and learning the featuresusing a deep learning model auto-encoder under the condition ofnon-supervision, and obtaining classifying and co-segmenting result forthe 3D model triangular facets by clustering the output features using aGaussian mixture model (GMM). Yet, by employing an unsupervised featurelearning manner, said method fails to guarantee that correct outputfeature is obtained via the learning, nor that accurate triangular facetclassifying result is obtained.

In view of the above, features extracted in prior art have insufficientcapability to describe the triangular facets, leading to inaccurateresults of 3D model triangular facet feature learning and classifying.

SUMMARY

The present invention provides a deep learning based method for 3D modeltriangular facet feature learning and classifying and an apparatus.

In a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a deeplearning based method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying, including:

constructing a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) feature learningmodel having a first convolution layer, a first downs ampling layer, asecond convolution layer and a second downsampling layer, where thefirst convolution layer has 16 convolution kernels, each of which has adimension of 5×5, a scaling factor of the first downsampling layer is 2,the second convolution layer has 16×20 convolution kernels, each ofwhich has a dimension of 3×3, and a scaling factor of the seconddownsampling layer is 2;

extracting a feature from a 3D model triangular facet having a classlabel and constructing a feature vector for the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label, and reconstructing a feature in theconstructed feature vector using a bag-of-words algorithm to obtain aninitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label;

training the deep CNN feature learning model using the initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class label toobtain a trained deep CNN feature learning model;

extracting a feature from a 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel and constructing a feature vector for the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label, and reconstructing a feature in theconstructed feature vector using the bag-of-words algorithm to obtain aninitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having noclass label;

determining an output feature corresponding to the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label according to the trained deep CNN featurelearning model and the initial feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label; and

classifying the 3D model triangular facet having no class labelaccording to the output feature corresponding to the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label.

Further, the extracting a feature from a 3D model triangular facethaving a class label and constructing a feature vector for the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label, and reconstructing a feature inthe constructed feature vector using a bag-of-words algorithm to obtainan initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label includes:

calculating a curvature feature, a shape feature, a distance feature, acontext feature and a main component feature of the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label;

clustering, according to the curvature feature, the shape feature, thedistance feature, the context feature and the main component feature ofthe 3D model triangular facet having the class label, each class offeatures of the 3D model triangular facet having the class label using aK-means algorithm to obtain K clustering centers, where K is an integergreater than 0;

subtracting a feature of each of the clustering centers from a featureof each 3D model triangular facet having a class label and performing anonlinear transformation, summing K new features resulted from thetransformation, and dividing the sum by K to obtain an average featurevalue of each 3D model triangular facet having a class label;

determining a neighboring facet of each 3D model triangular facet havinga class label;

multiplying the average feature value of each 3D model triangular facethaving a class label by an average feature value of the neighboringfacet and performing a summing operation, and taking the result of theoperation as the initial feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label; and

performing normalizing calculation for the initial feature correspondingto the 3D model triangular facet having the class label.

Further, the training the deep CNN feature learning model using theinitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label to obtain a trained deep CNN feature learning modelincludes:

A, inputting the initial feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label into the deep CNN featurelearning model, and obtaining a probability of each 3D model triangularfacet having a class label belonging to each class by calculatinglayer-by-layer;

B, obtaining a residual error by subtracting a class label data thateach 3D model triangular facet having a class label has from theobtained probability of each 3D model triangular facet having a classlabel belonging to each class and performing a square operation;

C, obtaining, according to the residual error, a partial derivative fora parameter of each layer by starting from a last layer of the deep CNNfeature learning model and moving forward layer-by-layer, and updatingthe parameter of each layer by moving layer-by-layer; and

D, looping from A to C until reaching a predefined number of loops.

Further, the classifying the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel according to the output feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label includes:

performing weighting and offset calculating for the output featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class label;

obtaining an activation value by activating a result of the weightingand offset calculating using a nonlinear function; and

solving a classification probability according to the activation value.

Further, the method further includes:

determining a boundary 3D model triangular facet having no class label;and

optimizing, according to a classification result of the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label and the determined boundary 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label, the classification resultusing a Fuzzycuts algorithm.

In a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a deeplearning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet feature learningand classifying, including:

a constructing module, configured to construct a deep CNN featurelearning model having a first convolution layer, a first downsamplinglayer, a second convolution layer and a second downsampling layer, wherethe first convolution layer has 16 convolution kernels, each of whichhas a dimension of 5×5, a scaling factor of the first downs amplinglayer is 2, the second convolution layer has 16×20 convolution kernels,each of which has a dimension of 3×3, and a scaling factor of the seconddowns ampling layer is 2;

a first reconstructing module, configured to extract a feature from a 3Dmodel triangular facet having a class label and construct a featurevector for the 3D model triangular facet having the class label, andreconstruct a feature in the constructed feature vector using abag-of-words algorithm to obtain an initial feature corresponding to the3D model triangular facet having the class label;

a training module, configured to train the deep CNN feature learningmodel using the initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label to obtain a trained deep CNN featurelearning model;

a second reconstructing module, configured to extract a feature from a3D model triangular facet having no class label and construct a featurevector for the 3D model triangular facet having no class label, andreconstruct a feature in the constructed feature vector using thebag-of-words algorithm to obtain an initial feature corresponding to the3D model triangular facet having no class label;

a first determining module, configured to determine an output featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class labelaccording to the trained deep CNN feature learning model and the initialfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel; and

a classifying module, configured to classify the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label according to the output featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class label.

Further, the first reconstructing module includes:

a calculating unit, configured to calculate a curvature feature, a shapefeature, a distance feature, a context feature and a main componentfeature of the 3D model triangular facet having a class label;

a clustering unit, configured to cluster, according to the curvaturefeature, the shape feature, the distance feature, the context featureand the main component feature of the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label, each class of features of the 3D model triangular facethaving the class label using a K-means algorithm to obtain K clusteringcenters, where K is an integer greater than 0;

an obtaining unit, configured to subtract a feature of each of theclustering centers from a feature of each 3D model triangular facethaving a class label and perform a nonlinear transformation, sum K newfeatures resulted from the transformation, and divide the sum by K toobtain an average feature value of each 3D model triangular facet havinga class label;

a determining unit, configured to determine a neighboring facet of each3D model triangular facet having a class label;

an operation unit, configured to multiply the average feature value ofeach 3D model triangular facet having a class label by an averagefeature value of the neighboring facet and perform a summing operation,and take a result of the operation as the initial feature correspondingto the 3D model triangular facet having the class label; and

a normalizing unit, configured to perform normalizing calculation forthe initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facethaving the class label.

Further, the training module includes:

a first calculating unit, configured to input the initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class labelinto the deep CNN feature learning model, and obtain a probability ofeach 3D model triangular facet having a class label belonging to eachclass by calculating layer-by-layer;

a second calculating unit, configured to obtain a residual error bysubtracting a class label data that each 3D model triangular facethaving a class label has from the obtained probability of each 3D modeltriangular facet having a class label belonging to each class, andperform a square operation; and

a third calculating unit, configured to obtain, according to theresidual error, a partial derivative for a parameter of each layer bystarting from a last layer of the deep CNN feature learning model andmoving forward layer-by-layer, and update the parameter of each layer bymoving layer-by-layer.

Further, the classifying module includes:

a fourth calculating unit, configured to perform weighting and offsetcalculating for the output feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label;

a fifth calculating unit, configured to obtain an activation value byactivating a result of the weighting and offset calculating using anonlinear function; and

a sixth calculating unit, configured to solve a classificationprobability according to the activation value.

Further, the apparatus further includes:

a second determining module, configured to determine a boundary 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label; and

an optimizing module, configured to optimize, according to aclassification result of the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel and the determined boundary 3D model triangular facet having noclass label, the classification result using a Fuzzycuts algorithm.

According to the method herein, before training the deep CNN featurelearning model and inputting the 3D model triangular facet features intothe deep CNN feature learning model, the 3D model triangular facetfeatures will be extracted and reconstructed, which enhances thecapability to describe the 3D model triangular facets. And on thisbasis, a deep CNN feature learning model having a specific structure iscombined to perform feature processing and classifying, thereby ensuringthe accuracy of 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying results.

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A brief introduction will be given hereinafter to the accompany drawingswhich will be used in the description of embodiments or prior art inorder to explain the technical solutions of the present invention orprior art more clearly. Apparently, the drawings in the descriptionbelow are merely illustrating some embodiments of the present invention.Those skilled in the art may obtain other drawings according to thesedrawings without paying any creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a deep learningbased method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a deep CNN feature learningmodel;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the processing on the fourthlayer;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of a deeplearning based method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a third embodiment of a deep learningbased method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a fourth embodiment of a deeplearning based method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a fifth embodiment of a deep learningbased method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein;

FIG. 8 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a first embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein;

FIG. 9 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a second embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein;

FIG. 10 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a third embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein;

FIG. 11 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a fourth embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein; and

FIG. 12 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a fifth embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

In order to make objectives, technical solutions and advantages of thepresent invention clearer, the technical solutions in embodiments of thepresent invention will be described hereunder clearly andcomprehensively with reference to accompanying drawings in theembodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the describedembodiments are only a part of embodiments of the present invention,rather than all of them. Any other embodiments obtained by personsskilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present inventionherein without making any creative effort shall fall into the protectionscope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a deep learningbased method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 1, the method includes:

S101: construct a deep CNN feature learning model.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a deep CNN feature learningmodel. As depicted in FIG. 2, the deep CNN feature learning model has afirst convolution layer, a first downsampling layer, a secondconvolution layer and a second downsampling layer, where the firstconvolution layer has 16 convolution kernels, each of which has adimension of 5×5, a scaling factor of the first downsampling layer is 2,the second convolution layer has 16×20 convolution kernels, each ofwhich has a dimension of 3×3, and a scaling factor of the seconddownsampling layer is 2.

Now the processing performed by the deep CNN feature learning model isdescribed.

Referring to FIG. 2, the deep CNN feature learning model herein ismainly divided into six layers, with the first layer being an inputlayer, the second layer being a convolution layer having 16 convolutionkernels, each of which has the dimension of 5×5, i.e. the firstconvolution layer. Assuming that W_(i) represents a weight for aconvolution kernel, the convolutional operation is defined as:

Output_(i) =W _(i)*Input+b _(i) ,i=1K 16

where * represents the convolutional operation, and b, represents anoffset vector. By performing the convolutional operation for an inputinitial feature using the 16 convolution kernels, 16 features, each ofwhich has a dimension of 16×16, are obtained and then activated using asigmoid activation function as the following:

${Output}^{\prime} = {{{sigmoid}\mspace{14mu} ({Output})} = \frac{1}{1 + \exp^{- {Output}}}}$

Further, the features which have gone through the nonlineartransformation and activation operation are down-sampled with a scalingfactor of 2 at the third layer, i.e. the first downsampling layer,producing 16 features, each of which has a dimension of 8×8, as theinput of the fourth layer.

Further, the 16 features outputted from the third layer are expandedinto 20 new features, each of which has a dimension of 6×6, at thefourth layer, i.e. the second convolution layer. FIG. 3 is a schematicdiagram illustrating the processing on the fourth layer. As depicted inFIG. 3, each new feature is solved by performing convolutional operationand accumulative operation on the 16 output features of the third layerusing a convolution layer constructed by 16 convolution kernels, each ofwhich has a dimension of 3×3.

Further, the features thus produced are activated and down-sampled atthe fifth layer, i.e. the second downsampling layer, producing 20features, each of which has a dimension of 3×3.

Further, the features outputted from the fifth layer are reconstructedinto a feature vector of a dimension 180×1 at the sixth layer, i.e. afully-connected layer. For the purpose of normalizing the outputfeatures into the range of [0,1] , the nonlinear mapping is utilizedagain and the sigmoid activation function is used again for performingthe activation operation thereon, thus obtaining the probability P_(t)of each 3D model triangular facet belonging to a different class.

S102: extract a feature from, and construct a feature vector for, a 3Dmodel triangular facet having a class label, and reconstruct a featurein the feature vector so constructed using a bag-of-words algorithm toobtain an initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facethaving the class label.

S103: train the deep CNN feature learning model using the initialfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the classlabel to obtain a trained deep CNN feature learning model.

Steps S102-S103 form the process of training the deep CNN featurelearning model. Step S102 begins by extracting and reconstructing afeature for a 3D model triangular facet that already has a class label,and takes the reconstructed feature as the input of the deep CNN featurelearning model.

Further, in step S103, the deep CNN feature learning model is trained.

S104: extract a feature from, and construct a feature vector for, a 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label, and reconstruct a featurein the feature vector so constructed using the bag-of-words algorithm toobtain an initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facethaving no class label.

S105: determine an output feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label according to the trained deep CNNfeature learning model and the initial feature corresponding to the 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label.

S106: classify the 3D model triangular facet having no class labelaccording to the output feature corresponding to the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label.

Steps S104-S106 form the process of classifying the 3D model triangularfacet using the trained deep CNN feature learning model. The step S104herein is about extracting and reconstructing a feature of a 3D modeltriangular facet in a way similar to that of S102, which will bedetailed later.

In step S105, the initial feature produced after the calculation in S104is inputted into the trained deep CNN feature learning model. The deepCNN feature learning model will then output a corresponding outputfeature, where the processing of the initial feature in the CNN featurelearning model may be understood by referring to the processingperformed by the deep CNN feature learning model in the aforementionedstep S101, which will not be repeated herein.

In step S106, the 3D model triangular facet is classified according tothe output feature of the deep CNN feature learning model.

The present embodiment begins from constructing and training the deepCNN feature learning model having a specific structure, proceeds toobtaining output features of the 3D model triangular facet to beclassified using the trained deep CNN feature learning model, and thenclassifies the 3D model triangular facet based on these output features.In the process herein, before training the deep CNN feature learningmodel and inputting the 3D model triangular facet feature into the deepCNN feature learning model, the 3D model triangular facet feature willbe extracted and reconstructed, which enhances the capability todescribe the 3D model triangular facet. And on this basis, the deep CNNfeature learning model having the specific structure is combined toperform feature processing and classifying, thereby ensuring theaccuracy of 3D model triangular facet feature learning and classifyingresults.

On the basis of the aforementioned embodiment, the present embodimentinvolves the process of extracting and reconstructing features of the 3Dmodel triangular facet. This embodiment is explained by taking thefeature extracting and reconstructing before training the deep CNNfeature learning model as an example. In other words, this embodimentexplains the particular process performed in S102. S104 is performed ina similar way as that of S102, except for that the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label needs to be replaced by a 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label in the following steps.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of a deeplearning based method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 4, the aforementionedstep S102 particularly includes:

S201: calculate a curvature feature, a shape feature, a distancefeature, a context feature and a main component feature of the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label.

S202: cluster, according to the curvature feature, the shape feature,the distance feature, the context feature and the main component featureof the 3D model triangular facet having the class label, each class offeatures of the 3D model triangular facet having the class label using aK-means algorithm to obtain K clustering centers.

The aforementioned K is an integer greater than 0.

S203: subtract the feature of each clustering center from the feature ofeach 3D model triangular facet having a class label and perform anonlinear transformation, sum K new features resulted from thetransformation, and divide the sum by K to obtain an average featurevalue of each 3D model triangular facet having a class label.

Particularly, assuming that the result obtained by subtracting thefeature of each clustering center from the feature of each 3D modeltriangular facet having a class label is Disk, the nonlineartransformation is performed on the Disk using the following formula:

NDisk=exp(−Disk/kbof)

where kbof is a proportion factor, and kbof may be optionally set as1e6.

S204: determine a neighboring facet of each 3D model triangular facethaving a class label.

S205: multiply the average feature value of each 3D model triangularfacet having a class label by an average feature value of theneighboring facet and perform a summing operation, and take the resultof the operation as the initial feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label.

S206: perform normalizing calculation for the initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class label.

On the basis of the aforementioned embodiments, the present embodimentinvolves the particular approach for training the deep CNN featurelearning model. That is, as depicted in FIG. 5, which is a flowchartillustrating a third embodiment of a deep learning based method for 3Dmodel triangular facet feature learning and classifying provided herein,the aforementioned step S103 particularly includes:

S301: input the initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label into the deep CNN feature learning model,and obtain the probability that each 3D model triangular facet having aclass label belongs to each class by calculating layer-by-layer.

When training the deep CNN feature learning model, the primaryparameters to be trained are a weight matrix W and an offset vector b.

The step involves a forward-conducting process, in which very smallrandom numbers are used to initialize the weight matrix W, and a 0vector is used to initialize the offset vector b. Further, the initialfeature is inputted into the deep CNN feature learning model and goesthrough calculations layer-by-layer, thus obtaining the output featureof each triangular facet t and the probability P_(t) of each triangularfacet belonging to a different class.

S302: obtain a residual error by subtracting a class label data thateach 3D model triangular facet having a class label has from theobtained probability of each 3D model triangular facet having a classlabel belonging to each class, and perform a square operation.

Assuming that G_(t) represents ground-truth data, then the residualerror is calculated based on Euclidean distance using the followingformula:

${Error}_{t} = {\sum\limits_{t \in T}^{\;}{{G_{t} - P_{t}}}^{2}}$

where T represents a set of all 3D mesh triangular facets employed inthe training.

S303: obtain, according to the residual error, a partial derivative fora parameter of each layer by starting from the last layer of the deepCNN feature learning model and moving forward layer-by-layer, and updatethe parameter of each layer by moving layer-by-layer.

The step involves a backward-propagating process, which is performed forthe purpose of reducing the residual error Error_(t) by adjustingparameters W and b of each layer. Since Output=W*Input+b, the formula tocalculate the partial derivative of the residual error Error_(t) withrespect to b is:

${\nabla_{b^{l}}{Error}_{t}} = {{\frac{\partial{Error}_{t}}{\partial{Output}}\frac{\partial{Output}}{\partial b}} = \delta^{l}}$

and when backward-propagating from layer l+1 to layer l:

$\delta^{l} = \{ \begin{matrix}{{( W^{l + 1} ){\delta^{l + 1} \cdot {{sigmoid}^{\prime}( {Output}^{l} )}}},} & {{if}\mspace{14mu} l\mspace{14mu} {is}\mspace{14mu} a\mspace{14mu} {``C"}\mspace{14mu} {layer}} \\{{( W^{l + 1} )^{T}\delta^{l + 1}},} & {{if}\mspace{14mu} l\mspace{14mu} {is}\mspace{14mu} a\mspace{14mu} {``S"}\mspace{14mu} {layer}}\end{matrix} $

where “●” indicates multiplying corresponding elements, and “C” and “ S”indicate convolutional operation and downsampling operation,respectively.

It should be noted that, the calculation for the residual errorperformed at the last layer, i.e. the layer L, differs slightly fromthose of other layers in that:

δ^(L)=sigmoid′(Output^(L))·(G _(t) −P _(t))=Output^(L)·(1−Output^(L))·(G_(t) −P _(t))

Similar to the calculation for the partial derivative of the residualerror Error_(t) with respect to b, the formula to calculate the partialderivative of the residual error Error_(t) with respect to W is:

∇_(W) _(t) Error_(t)=Input^(l)(δ^(l))^(T)=Output′^(l−1)(δ^(l))^(T)

Finally, parameters of each layer are updated using the followingformulas:

W ^(l) =W ^(l)−α*∇_(W) _(l) Error_(l)

b ^(l) =b ^(l)−α*∇_(b) _(l) Error_(l)

where 60 represents the learning rate. Optionally, a value of α may beset as 0.98.

S304: loop from S301 to S303 until reaching a predefined number ofloops.

The aforementioned forward-conducting and backward-propagating processcontinue to iterate, until a predefined number of iterations is reached,i.e. the residual error converges.

Optionally, the number of iterations may be set according to the scaleof the training set.

On the basis of the aforementioned embodiments, the present embodimentinvolves the particular process of classifying the 3D model triangularfacet. That is, as depicted in FIG. 6, which is a flowchart illustratinga fourth embodiment of a deep learning based method for 3D modeltriangular facet feature learning and classifying provided herein, theaforementioned step S106 particularly includes:

S401: perform weighting and offset calculating for the output featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class label.

S402: obtain an activation value by activating the result of theweighting and offset calculating using a nonlinear function.

S403: solve a classification probability according to the activationvalue.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a fifth embodiment of a deep learningbased method for 3D model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 7, after classifyingthe 3D model triangular facet having no class label, the method furtherincludes:

S501: determine a boundary 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel.

S502: optimize, according to the classification result of the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label and the determined boundary 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label, the classification resultusing a Fuzzycuts algorithm.

FIG. 8 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a first embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 8, theapparatus includes:

a constructing module 501, configured to construct a deep CNN featurelearning model having a first convolution layer, a first downsamplinglayer, a second convolution layer and a second downsampling layer, wherethe first convolution layer has 16 convolution kernels, each of whichhas a dimension of 5×5, a scaling factor of the first downsampling layeris 2, the second convolution layer has 16×20 convolution kernels, eachof which has a dimension of 3×3, and a scaling factor of the seconddownsampling layer is 2;

a first reconstructing module 502, configured to extract a feature from,and construct a feature vector for, a 3D model triangular facet having aclass label, and reconstruct a feature in the feature vector soconstructed using a bag-of-words algorithm to obtain an initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class label;

a training module 503, configured to train the deep CNN feature learningmodel using the initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label to obtain a trained deep CNN featurelearning model;

a second reconstructing module 504, configured to extract a featurefrom, and construct a feature vector for, a 3D model triangular facethaving no class label, and reconstruct a feature in the feature vectorso constructed using the bag-of-words algorithm to obtain an initialfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel;

a first determining module 505, configured to determine an outputfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel according to the trained deep CNN feature learning model and theinitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having noclass label; and

a classifying module 506, configured to classify the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label according to the output featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class label.

The apparatus is configured to implement the aforementioned methodembodiments following similar principles and producing similar technicaleffects, which will not be repeated herein.

FIG. 9 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a second embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 9, thefirst reconstructing module 502 includes:

a calculating unit 5021, configured to calculate a curvature feature, ashape feature, a distance feature, a context feature and a maincomponent feature of the 3D model triangular facet having the classlabel;

a clustering unit 5022, configured to cluster, according to thecurvature feature, the shape feature, the distance feature, the contextfeature and the main component feature of the 3D model triangular facethaving the class label, each class of features of the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label using a K-means algorithm toobtain K clustering centers, where K is an integer greater than 0;

an obtaining unit 5023, configured to subtract the feature of eachclustering center from the feature of each 3D model triangular facethaving a class label, respectively, and perform a nonlineartransformation, sum K new features resulted from the transformation, anddivide the sum by K to obtain an average feature value of each 3D modeltriangular facet having a class label;

a determining unit 5024, configured to determine a neighboring facet ofeach 3D model triangular facet having a class label;

an operation unit 5025, configured to multiply the average feature valueof each 3D model triangular facet having a class label by an averagefeature value of the neighboring facet and perform a summing operation,and take the result of the operation as the initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class label;and

a normalizing unit 5026, configured to perform normalizing calculationfor the initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facethaving the class label.

FIG. 10 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a third embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 10, thetraining module 503 includes:

a first calculating unit 5031, configured to input the initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class labelinto the deep CNN feature learning model, and obtain the probability ofeach 3D model triangular facet having a class label belonging to eachclass by calculating layer-by-layer;

a second calculating unit 5032, configured to obtain a residual error bysubtracting a class label data that each 3D model triangular facethaving a class label has from the obtained probability of each 3D modeltriangular facet having a class label belonging to each class, andperform a square operation; and

a third calculating unit 5033, configured to obtain, according to theresidual error, a partial derivative for a parameter of each layer bystarting from the last layer of the deep CNN feature learning model andmoving forward layer-by-layer, and update the parameter of each layer bymoving layer-by-layer.

FIG. 11 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a fourth embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 11, theclassifying module 506 includes:

a fourth calculating unit 5061, configured to perform weighting andoffset calculating for the output feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label;

a fifth calculating unit 5062, configured to obtain an activation valueby activating the result of the weighting and offset calculating using anonlinear function; and

a sixth calculating unit 5063, configured to solve a classificationprobability according to the activation value.

FIG. 12 is a modular structural diagram illustrating a fifth embodimentof a deep learning based apparatus for 3D model triangular facet featurelearning and classifying provided herein. As depicted in FIG. 12, theapparatus further includes:

a second determining module 507, configured to determine a boundary 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label; and

an optimizing module 508, configured to optimize, according to aclassification result of the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel and the determined boundary 3D model triangular facet having noclass label, the classification result using a Fuzzycuts algorithm.

Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand that, all or a partof steps of the foregoing method embodiments may be implemented by aprogram instructing relevant hardware. The foregoing program may bestored in a computer readable storage medium. When the program runs, thesteps of the foregoing method embodiments are performed. The foregoingstorage medium includes various mediums capable of storing programcodes, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing, rather than limiting, the technical solutionsof the present invention. Although the present invention is described indetail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, persons of ordinaryskill in the art should understand that they may still makemodifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoingembodiments, or make equivalent replacements to some or all technicalfeatures therein; however, these modifications or replacements do notmake the essence of corresponding technical solutions depart from thescope of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A deep learning based method for threedimensional (3D) model triangular facet feature learning andclassifying, comprising: constructing a deep convolutional neuralnetwork (CNN) feature learning model having a first convolution layer, afirst downsampling layer, a second convolution layer and a seconddownsampling layer, wherein the first convolution layer has 16convolution kernels, each of which has a dimension of 5×5, a scalingfactor of the first downsampling layer is 2, the second convolutionlayer has 16×20 convolution kernels, each of which has a dimension of3×3, and a scaling factor of the second downsampling layer is 2;extracting a feature from a 3D model triangular facet having a classlabel and constructing a feature vector for the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label, and reconstructing a feature in theconstructed feature vector using a bag-of-words algorithm to obtain aninitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label; training the deep CNN feature learning model using theinitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label to obtain a trained deep CNN feature learning model;extracting a feature from a 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel and constructing a feature vector for the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label, and reconstructing a feature in theconstructed feature vector using the bag-of-words algorithm to obtain aninitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having noclass label; determining an output feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label according to the trained deep CNNfeature learning model and the initial feature corresponding to the 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label; and classifying the 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label according to the outputfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the extracting afeature from a 3D model triangular facet having a class label andconstructing a feature vector for the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label, and reconstructing a feature in the constructed featurevector using a bag-of-words algorithm to obtain an initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class labelcomprises: calculating a curvature feature, a shape feature, a distancefeature, a context feature and a main component feature of the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label; clustering, according to thecurvature feature, the shape feature, the distance feature, the contextfeature and the main component feature of the 3D model triangular facethaving the class label, each class of features of the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label using a K-means algorithm toobtain K clustering centers, wherein K is an integer greater than 0;subtracting a feature of each of the clustering centers from a featureof each 3D model triangular facet having a class label, respectively,and performing a nonlinear transformation, summing K new featuresresulted from the transformation, and dividing the sum by K to obtain anaverage feature value of each 3D model triangular facet having a classlabel; determining a neighboring facet of each 3D model triangular facethaving a class label; multiplying the average feature value of each 3Dmodel triangular facet having a class label by an average feature valueof the neighboring facet and performing a summing operation, and takinga result of the operation as the initial feature corresponding to the 3Dmodel triangular facet having the class label; and performingnormalizing calculation for the initial feature corresponding to the 3Dmodel triangular facet having the class label.
 3. The method accordingto claim 1, wherein the training the deep CNN feature learning modelusing the initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facethaving the class label to obtain a trained deep CNN feature learningmodel comprises: A, inputting the initial feature corresponding to the3D model triangular facet having the class label into the deep CNNfeature learning model, and obtaining a probability of each 3D modeltriangular facet having a class label belonging to each class bycalculating layer-by-layer; B, obtaining a residual error by subtractinga class label data that each 3D model triangular facet having a classlabel has from the obtained probability of each 3D model triangularfacet having a class label belonging to each class and performing asquare operation; C, obtaining, according to the residual error, apartial derivative for a parameter of each layer by starting from a lastlayer of the deep CNN feature learning model and moving forwardlayer-by-layer, and updating the parameter of each layer by movinglayer-by-layer; and D, looping from A to C until reaching a predefinednumber of loops.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein theclassifying the 3D model triangular facet having no class labelaccording to the output feature corresponding to the 3D model triangularfacet having no class label comprises: performing weighting and offsetcalculating for the output feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having no class label; obtaining an activation value byactivating a result of the weighting and offset calculating using anonlinear function; and solving a classification probability accordingto the activation value.
 5. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising: determining a boundary 3D model triangular facet having noclass label; and optimizing, according to a classification result of the3D model triangular facet having no class label and the determinedboundary 3D model triangular facet having no class label, theclassification result using a Fuzzycuts algorithm.
 6. A deep learningbased apparatus for three dimensional (3D) model triangular facetfeature learning and classifying, comprising: a constructing module,configured to construct a deep convolutional neural network (CNN)feature learning model having a first convolution layer, a firstdownsampling layer, a second convolution layer and a second downsamplinglayer, wherein the first convolution layer has 16 convolution kernels,each of which has a dimension of 5×5, a scaling factor of the firstdownsampling layer is 2, the second convolution layer has 16×20convolution kernels, each of which has a dimension of 3×3, and a scalingfactor of the second downsampling layer is 2; a first reconstructingmodule, configured to extract a feature from a 3D model triangular facethaving a class label and construct a feature vector for the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label, and reconstruct a feature inthe constructed feature vector using a bag-of-words algorithm to obtainan initial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet havingthe class label; a training module, configured to train the deep CNNfeature learning model using the initial feature corresponding to the 3Dmodel triangular facet having the class label to obtain a trained deepCNN feature learning model; a second reconstructing module, configuredto extract a feature from a 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel and construct a feature vector for the 3D model triangular facethaving no class label, and reconstruct a feature in the constructedfeature vector using the bag-of-words algorithm to obtain an initialfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel; a first determining module, configured to determine an outputfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel according to the trained deep CNN feature learning model and theinitial feature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having noclass label; and a classifying module, configured to classify the 3Dmodel triangular facet having no class label according to the outputfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no classlabel.
 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the firstreconstructing module comprises: a calculating unit, configured tocalculate a curvature feature, a shape feature, a distance feature, acontext feature and a main component feature of the 3D model triangularfacet having the class label; a clustering unit, configured to cluster,according to the curvature feature, the shape feature, the distancefeature, the context feature and the main component feature of the 3Dmodel triangular facet having the class label, each class of features ofthe 3D model triangular facet having the class label using a K-meansalgorithm to obtain K clustering centers, wherein K is an integergreater than 0; an obtaining unit, configured to subtract a feature ofeach of the clustering centers from a feature of each 3D modeltriangular facet having a class label, respectively, and perform anonlinear transformation, sum K new features resulted from thetransformation, and divide the sum by K to obtain an average featurevalue of each 3D model triangular facet having a class label; adetermining unit, configured to determine a neighboring facet of each 3Dmodel triangular facet having a class label; an operation unit,configured to multiply the average feature value of each 3D modeltriangular facet having a class label by an average feature value of theneighboring facet and perform a summing operation, and take a result ofthe operation as the initial feature corresponding to the 3D modeltriangular facet having the class label; and a normalizing unit,configured to perform normalizing calculation for the initial featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the class label.8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the training modulecomprises: a first calculating unit, configured to input the initialfeature corresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having the classlabel into the deep CNN feature learning model, and obtain a probabilityof each 3D model triangular facet having a class label belonging to eachclass by calculating layer-by-layer; a second calculating unit,configured to obtain a residual error by subtracting a class label datathat each 3D model triangular facet having a class label has from theobtained probability of each 3D model triangular facet having a classlabel belonging to each class, and perform a square operation; and athird calculating unit, configured to obtain, according to the residualerror, a partial derivative for a parameter of each layer by startingfrom a last layer of the deep CNN feature learning model and movingforward layer-by-layer, and update the parameter of each layer by movinglayer-by-layer.
 9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein theclassifying module comprises: a fourth calculating unit, configured toperform weighting and offset calculating for the output featurecorresponding to the 3D model triangular facet having no class label; afifth calculating unit, configured to obtain an activation value byactivating a result of the weighting and offset calculating using anonlinear function; and a sixth calculating unit, configured to solve aclassification probability according to the activation value.
 10. Theapparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: a second determiningmodule, configured to determine a boundary 3D model triangular facethaving no class label; and an optimizing module, configured to optimize,according to a classification result of the 3D model triangular facethaving no class label and the determined boundary 3D model triangularfacet having no class label, the classification result using a Fuzzycutsalgorithm.